money doesn't grow on trees
English
Proverb
- Wealth cannot be obtained without some effort; hence currency is not always available for a prospective purchase.
- 1943, William Budington Duryee, Farming for security, Page 187
- Perhaps it was a Scotsman who, in response to an idea for lavish expenditure, first said "Money doesn't grow on trees".
- 1975, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, Page 39
- Today's money worries certainly should make it easier for parents to teach their children that money doesn't grow on trees.
- 2005, Kathie Rechkemmer, I Want to Teach My Child about Money Page 28
- Money doesn't grow on trees — and even the paper for money isn't made of wood!
- 1943, William Budington Duryee, Farming for security, Page 187
Translations
you must work in order to have money
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See also
References
- Gregory Y. Titelman, Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings, 1996, →ISBN, p. 235.
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